Trump tells black critic to clean up 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested' district
Trump tells black critic to clean up 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested' district
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_N...f-442891c98066
By David Brunnstrom
,Reuters•July 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a "brutal bully" who should concentrate on cleaning up his "disgusting, rat and rodent infested" Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration officers on the Mexican border.
Trump's target in a series of early morning tweets was U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, who has called Trump a racist and sharply criticized his immigration policies.
On Thursday, the committee voted 23-16 along party lines to allow Cummings to issue subpoenas to White House officials, including Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, deepening a probe into potential violations of government record-keeping laws.
In his tweet, Trump, a Republican, took aim at Cummings' criticism of his administration's Mexican border policies.
"Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA......," Trump tweeted.
"(T)he Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place," he said.
In a third tweet, Trump questioned why so much money was spent on Cummings' district, which covers the downtown area of the city of Baltimore, about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Washington, "when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States."
"No human being would want to live there.
Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately," Trump wrote.
Last week, Cummings slammed Trump's acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan over conditions of U.S.-Mexico border facilities that house migrants.
"You feel like you're doing a great job, right?" Cummings asked during a congressional hearing.
"What does that mean? What does that mean?
When a child is sitting in their own feces, can’t take a shower? ... None of us would have our children in that position."
Trump's attack follows his broadside two weeks ago against four congresswomen of color, which the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives condemned as racist.
There was no immediate comment from Cummings on Trump's tweets, but the congressman sent out tweets highlighting a letter he co-signed to the president this week expressing "profound disappointment" at his failure work to lower drug prices.
"It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents," Cummings said in a tweet.
Cummings represents Maryland's 7th congressional district, which according to 2010 census data was 54.6 percent black, had a median household income of $51,018, and a college graduation rate of 35.7 percent.
According to the same census, Maryland was the richest state in the United States, with a median household income of $69,272. Real median household income for the United States as a whole was $49,445 in 2010.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tel...154616797.html
Baltimore’s weakest link and the border
July 27, 2019
By Tiberiu Dianu
You may wonder what the connection between the city of Baltimore and our national border is, since Baltimore is not a border city. I’ll tell you: Elijah Cummings.
Elijah Cummings is a politician currently serving in his 13th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, having served since 1996. His district includes the Maryland counties of Baltimore and Howard. He previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He is a member of the Democratic Party and current chair of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
As any career politician seeking re-election, Mr. Cummings puts on shows in the House, as he did on July 16, 2019. During a congressional hearing on “The Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy,” Cummings took Kevin McAleenan, the acting Homeland Security Secretary, to task for the way illegal immigrant children are treated in detention centers.
“You feel like you’re doing a great job, right?” Cummings asked McAleenan.
“We’re doing our level best in a very challenging situation,” McAleenan said.
“What does that mean?” Cummings said, raising his voice and interrupting McAleenan.
“What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces, can’t take a shower?” irrupted Cummings. “Come on, man. What’s that about?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikz22UxAD7Q
Cummings didn’t yell at his four female colleagues in “The Squad” when the four Democrats voted against a border funding bill, causing problems with the leadership of their own party.
Cummings didn’t shout at the parents for dragging their children and babies 2,000-plus miles from Central America in the burning heat.
Also, Cumming didn’t scream at the smugglers for dumping the children into the care of U.S. Border Patrol.
The Trump administration has been very blunt about the border crisis when the overwhelming flow of migrants overran the border and burned through our resources. But Cummings was busy denying there was ever a crisis. Now he can scream all he wants about the border facilities. Refusing to change the immigration laws that let everyone pass the southern border, and then ask for free care, is only Cummings’ fault as well as every other Democrat’s.
So, we’ve established that Cummings is very passionate about the illegals.
Let’s get now to the second issue. Cummings’ passion for his Baltimore residents. His district includes half of Baltimore City, most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County and most of Howard County.
With racial unrest, poverty, crime, and drug addition, Baltimore has long been among the most widely cited cases of urban decay in post-industrial America. So, it’s hardly shocking that Baltimore, especially the Baltimore ghetto, has lost 35 percent of its population since 1945. What is left is a city littered with deserted streets, corroded factories, and thousands of vacant row houses that look like oversized tombstones.
When will Cummings’ be “cumming” again to help the residents that he represents in the abandoned wasteland that Baltimore has become?
You feel like you’re doing a great job, right, Cummings? Come on, man. What’s that about?
When you hear Democrats’ fake indignation over migrant detention facilities, you know that they won’t fix it, but blame it on someone else.
Elijah Cummings is the weakest link of Baltimore. He’s nothing but a political hack.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...he_border.html
